Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, 60, applied for the injunction order in his defamation suit, which he filed in his personal capacity, against Muhamad Izwan, 37, at the High Court yesterday. — Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today obtained an interim injunction against the owner of Agenda Daily Media Enterprise over the alleged defamatory article published by the news portal last month.
Lawyer Joshua Tan, representing the prime minister, said Judicial Commissioner Evrol Mariette Peters granted the ex-parte application by Ismail Sabri as the plaintiff against Muhamad Izwan Mohd Zubit as the defendant in the proceedings held virtually today.
“The court has granted an order for the defendant to remove the posting titled ‘Ismail Sabri bimbang jadi PM paling singkat, ‘rayu’ jangan tarik sokongan‘ on Agenda Daily and an injunction for Agenda Daily from making any statements to state/imply that Ismail Sabri is desperate to remain as PM and that Ismail Sabri rayu (had begged) to certain political parties to not withdraw their support for him to remain as PM.
“The ex-parte order will last for 21 days and the inter-parte hearing is fixed on March 4,” the lawyer said.
Ismail Sabri, 60, applied for the injunction order in his defamation suit, which he filed in his personal capacity, against Muhamad Izwan, 37, at the High Court yesterday. — Bernama